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Tina Packer obituary: artistic director of Shakespeare & Company

The Times/The Sunday Times 27 Jan 2026
British actress who took all of the Bard’s plays to American audiences, dies aged 87 .
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Letter: Tina Packer knew what mattered most in a community

The Berkshire Eagle 23 Jan 2026
To the editor. Among the many legacies she has left behind, Tina Packer made sure she always had her team in place ....
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Tina Packer, Renowned Shakespearean Director and Actor, Dies at 87

Wall Street Journal 22 Jan 2026
The WSJ described one performance as “headlong, fearlessly impassioned acting that you’ll remember for as long as you live.” ... .
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Tina Packer, the founder and driving force of Shakespeare & Company, leaves an enduring legacy

The Record 21 Jan 2026
Tina Packer, the founder of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, passed away on Jan ... Tina Packer was never an elitist ... Tina Packer was an amazing artist and a decent human being.
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Tina Packer made her dream come true

The Berkshire Eagle 20 Jan 2026
Shakespeare & Company has earned its place among the Berkshire arts giants because Tina Packer and her cohorts shared a passion and knew how to invest it. Working to the last, Tina Packer died at the age of 87 on ....
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Tina Packer, Powerhouse of Shakespeare Performance, Dies at 87

New York Times 18 Jan 2026
She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays ... .
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Tina Packer, actress and director who transformed the American approach to Shakespeare – obituary

The Daily Telegraph 16 Jan 2026
In Britain Tina Packer appeared on television as Dora to Ian McKellen’s David Copperfield in the classic 1966 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel, and as a scientist menaced by a Yeti in the 1968 Doctor Who seriesThe Web of Fear”.
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Our Opinion: An ovation for the life and legacy of Tina Packer

The Berkshire Eagle 14 Jan 2026
Above all else, Ms. Packer was someone who sought to share the stage in every sense. The world of theater and our fair county are brighter and richer for that life's work she pursued in the heart of the Berkshires ....
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Thank you, Tina Packer: Remembering the woman who shaped Shakespeare in the Berkshires

The Berkshire Eagle 14 Jan 2026
Berkshire Eagle theater critic Jeffrey Borak reflects on the life, legacy and fierce passion of Tina Packer, visionary founder of Shakespeare & Company, and the final, unforgettable “thank-you” they shared ....
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Tina Packer, powerful founding spirit of Shakespeare & Co., dies at 87

Times Union 12 Jan 2026
Tina Packer was so intimately knowledgeable about the work ... Even when she wasn’t right, “Tina Packer was fearless,” said Michael Eck, who reviewed theater for the Times Union for 20 years, until 2013.
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Shakespeare & Company co-founder Tina Packer dies at 87

Times Union 10 Jan 2026
Tina Packer, an actor, director, teacher and writer of prodigious gifts who with like-minded theater artists built Shakespeare & Company over more than four ... the Tina Packer Playhouse, the Elayne P.
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